Nehemiah · Chapter 10

Nehemiah 10:14

¹Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,²Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,³Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,⁴Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,⁵Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,⁶Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,⁷Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,⁸Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.⁹And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;¹⁰And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,¹¹Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,¹²Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,¹³Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.¹⁴The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,¹⁵Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,¹⁶Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,¹⁷Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,¹⁸Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,¹⁹Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,²⁰Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,²¹Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,²²Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,²³Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,²⁴Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,²⁵Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,²⁶And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,²⁷Malluch, Harim, Baanah.²⁸And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;²⁹They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;³⁰And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:³¹And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.³²Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;³³For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.³⁴And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:³⁵And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:³⁶Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:³⁷And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.³⁸And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.³⁹For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

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14	The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,	And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,	The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
[the] leaders of	רָאשֵׁ֖י	ra-SHEI	H7218H	No entry
the people	הָעָ֑ם	ha-'AM	H5971A	people עַם (am) : people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
Parosh	פַּרְעֹשׁ֙	par-'OSH	H6551J	Parosh פַּרְעֹשׁ (par.osh) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.14 § Parosh or Pharosh = "flea" 1) ancestor of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel and a 2nd group who returned with Ezra 2) a leader of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
Pahath-	פַּחַ֣ת	pa-CHAT	H6355I	Pahath-moab פַּ֫חַת מוֹאָב (pa.chat mo.av) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.14 § Pahath-moab = "pit of Moab" 1) ancestor of one or two families of Israel who returned from exile in Babylon 2) a leader of the people, father of the wall rebuilder Hashub, and one who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
Moab	מוֹאָ֔ב	mo-'AV	H6355I	Pahath-moab פַּ֫חַת מוֹאָב (pa.chat mo.av) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.14 § Pahath-moab = "pit of Moab" 1) ancestor of one or two families of Israel who returned from exile in Babylon 2) a leader of the people, father of the wall rebuilder Hashub, and one who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
Elam	עֵילָ֥ם	'ei-LAM	H5867I	Elam עֵילָם (e.lam) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.14 § Elam = "eternity" Male living at the time of the first Patriarchs (Gen.10.22; 1Ch.1.17)
Zattu	זַתּ֖וּא	za-TU'	H2240H	Zattu זַתּוּא (zat.tu) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.14 § Zattu = "brightness of him" a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
Bani	בָּנִֽי׃	ba-NI	H1137N	Bani בָּנִי (ba.ni) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.14 § Bani = "built" 1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors 2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan 3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez 4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel 5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

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Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.